Collar-protector.



No. 851,268. PATENTED APR. 23,,l907.

J. H. WAY.

COLLAR PROTECTOR. APPLIOATIOH FILED MAR. 3, 1905.

UNITED srArEs PATENT OFFIQE, JOHN H. WAY, or main-lanai, PENN YLVANIA.

COLLAR-PROTECTOR.-

tvo. 851,268.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedApril 2'3, i907.

application filed March 3, 1905. Serial No. 248,204.

To all whom it may cull/wot.-

Be it known that I, JouN liowAnn WAY, of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in ColliLT-PIOtGOtUIS, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a device, which I term a collar protector, and which has for its object to prevent the ordinary starched shirt collar from being soiled by contact with the inside of the collar of the coat which may be used by the wearer of the collar.

To this end, my invention consists of a suitably shaped protector, made of some clean soft self-sustaining material, detachably secured to the inner side of the coat col lar, of such height that its edge interposes itself directly between the edge of the coat collar and the surl'ace of the starched collar which it is to protect, while at the same time the extent of this projection is preferably so slight as to be inconspicuous, and of such length as to nearly but not quite surround the neck of the wearer with provision of a. space between its ends proportionate to the opening between the lapels ol' the coat collar.

1 have showr n the accompanying drawings, a protector constructed so as to embody my invention.

Figure i, represents the head and shoul ders of a. man wearing an coat provided with my collar protector. Fig. ll, represents the collal'protccl or when detached from the coat. Fig. ill, is a transverse sectional View of the same takenon the line lll, lll, in Fig. ll.

My protector l, is in the general shape ol a partial annulus. It is prcl'c'rably made of a double thickness of line white duck or some other clean and soft self-sustaini material. For this-purpose two pieces of sit able matcrial may be cut in the shape ol' Fig l l-, but with sullicicnt margin, and then be un ted by a seam along their edges with the in'l'olding ol' a welt 'lrom each piece as clearly shown at '2, .3, in Fig. lll. By thus prov ding a double welt and scant along the edge I secure considerable sti'llcning ol' the edge of the protector without the use ol' starch, and at the same time a very neat and attractive ap- The length o'l' the collar protector is promrtiouatc to the size ol" the wearer and should be such as to entirely pass around the shirt collar, leaving a space in l'ront properly proportionate to the opening between the lapels of the coat collar. In this way the. ends of the protector are suliiciently parted to prevent them from covering the neck-tie of the wearer.

The upper corners of the two ends of the collar protector are curved as seen at 3, 3, so as to increase the space between these corners, when the protector is in place, thereby rendering it more inconspicuous and less likely to overlap the neck-tie, although not in any wise interfering with the Function of the protector to prevent the collar of the coat from soiling the shirt collar.

Atsuitable intervals along the protector are inserted button holes 4, 4. The coat to which the protector is to be applied has affixed to the inner side of the collana series of buttons corresponding in position to the button holes 4, 4, by means of which the protector is attached to the coat.

in depth the protector is such that its upper edge projects but a short distance, say about one-quarter of an inch abovet'he edge oi the coat collar, as seen at 5, in Fig. I. This is just enougn to cause the edge of the protector to be 'll'ectually interposed between the shirt colla and the coat collar of the wearer, while at t| o same time preventing it from being (ains icuous.

By the use of. my collar protector, the shirt collar of the wearer is fully protected from soiling, by reason of the rubbing of the inner collar of the coat against the shirt collar. At the same time my. invention presents an exceedingly neat and dressy appcarancc.

"he article can be easily taken off and washed or replaced.

I: am aware that collar protectors have previously been made suitable for attachment within the collar oi an overcoat, but hcreto'l'orc they have been made so long as to overlap in front at the point where the lapcls ol the coat cross. The projecting ends thus overlapped arc object-ionable not only because when the coat is unbuttoncdthey present an untidy appearance and make the protector unduly ta'inspicuous, but also because they tend to hide the neck-tie ol" the wearer oi the coat. My invention diii'ers from these hcrctol'ore used protectors in that the entire protecting function of the article is retained while the objections which I have rel'cl'rcd to are overcome.

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In Lustiumny 'whm'imi', I 'have l1('. .1eum 0 signed my mum. at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this suumni (12L '()'P.\I1T(h 1905. 

